General psychology prevails as the prerequisite for educational psychology, with thirty institutions requiring it and some professors suggesting biology instead¶

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q2 i? Thirty institutions required general psychology as a prerequisite to educational psychology courses, and several professors argued that biology might be a more helpful prerequisite under functionalist or behaviorist trends. → Hall-Quest 1918

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Hall-Quest 1918¶

Hall-Quest, Alfred L. (1918). Present Tendencies in Educational Psychology. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ

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Survey finding on prerequisites: "thirty institutions still making this requirement" of general psychology. Quoted professors (Colvin, Kohl, Henmon, Chase) express mixed views, and the author argues that with the trend of functionalism or behaviorism, prerequisites in biology are more essential than general psychology.

"There is a strong tendency to make general psychology a prerequisite to courses in educational psychology, thirty institutions still making this requirement."

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